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1.shed light on 为…提供线索；对…透露情况；使…清楚地显出

However, the report also shed light on some grim realities of begging.
然而，这项调查也揭示了一些乞讨行为中严酷的现实。

The work, published in the journal science, may shed light on how horses were domesticated.
颁布于《科学》杂志上的作品可能会把马是如何被驯养清楚地揭示出来。

2.rely on 信赖； 依赖；依靠

We rely on corporations like bp to bring us energy.
我们依靠像bp这样的公司来供给我们能源。

The firm cannot rely on reputation forever.
公司不可能永远依赖其名声。

3.not to mention 更不用说；不消说

All this uncertainty is difficult for state bureaucrats, not to mention hospitals and insurers.
所有这一系列不确定对政府官僚来说都很艰难，更别说对医院和保险公司了。

No longer is private banking deemed socially or intellectually inferior not to mention less well paid.
人们不再认为，私人银行业在社会地位或知识方面低人一等更别说薪酬比别人低了。